02 August 2016
“Children feel under pressure to have this perfect life that it looks like everyone else is having according to Instagram and that’s really hard to deal with”
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02 August 2016
Instagram is taking an unusual step to deal with the complicated ethics of online commenting. It's giving users the ability to make the choice about what's acceptable or not for themselves.
The network will soon allow users to filter their own comment streams.. and, if they wish, completely turn off comments -- on their own posts.
18 July 2016
A majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children's moral development, a survey has suggested.
Just over half (55%) of 1,700 people with children aged 11 to 17 strongly agreed that social media hinders or undermines moral development.
The poll was part of a project by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues at Birmingham University.
15 July 2016
First there was #JeSuisCharlie, then #JeSuisParis and now #JeSuisNice has emerged on social media in response to an attack in the southern French city of Nice that has left at least 80 people dead and many injured.
People are using social media to not only express their grief, but in some cases, to extend their help.
11 July 2016
The new augmented reality game Pokemon Go has gotten people off the couch and into the real world. But police in O’Fallon, Missouri say that four men have used the game to find players at a specific location, and robbed them using a handgun.
11 July 2016
A teenage girl from Glasgow has taken her own life after being subjected to sickening attacks of online bullying.
16-year-old Britney Mazzoncini took to social media to express her anguish in the days leading up to her death.
She was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning but could not be saved.
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